Blame Panama!

The kak has already started! My original flight package through Star Alliance had to be altered when Varig Airlines went bust. I decided to reroute (at vast expense) via Panama. I was thinking, cool, lets make the best of the situation and see another country. But no such luck! The travel agent omitted to tell me there was no way I was going to get a visa for Panama (I can't even transit on to Costa Rica!) so I'm going to have to change that flight again. Now it looks like I'll be going via Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia). The silver lining, I guess, is that I'm forced to waste 3 days in Brazil so I think I'll trundle over to Rio for a little joint... er... sorry Mom... I meant "jaunt"...